Curtain support



Jan. 21, 1936. HENRY. 2,028,666

CURTAIN SUPPORT Filed July 27, 1955 Patented Jan. 21, 1936 UNITED STATES CURTAIN SUPPORT Charles P. Henry, Cranston, R. 1., assignor to James N. Henry, Providence, R. 1.

Application July 27, 1935, Serial No. 33,429

5 Claims. (01. 156-19) My invention relates to curtain supports of the swinging type.

The essential objects of my invention are to overcome the disadvantages due to the top- 5 heavy construction of this type of support whereby there has been a dangerous strain upon both the pivot pin of the curtain supporting arm but also upon the bracket in which the pivot pin was mounted.

10 Other essential objects of my invention include increase of the strength of the supporting arm at the point of its pivotal connection with the bracket, and insure against possible ultimate sagging of the supporting arm.

15 It is a further purpose of this invention to increase the ring capacity of the shaft of the supporting arm, as well as to attain all the above purposes in a sightly and economically constructed device.

2 To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, said invention, then, consists of -the means hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the construction of my invention herein 25 illustrated,

Figures 1 and. 2 are a side elevation and a top plan view respectively of my curtain support,

Figure 3, a. perspective view of the bracket, and

30 Figure 4, a fragmentary side elevation of a modified form of the supporting arm.

My novel device is composed of elements so devised as to adapt them to construction by casting.

35 In detail my device includes a cast supporting arm, represented in a general way by 5, comprising a horizontal shaft 8 having upon its outer end an upturned foliated hook I, and upon its rear extremity with a hook 8. Adjacent the latter, upon the inner end portion of the shaft 6, is a vertical post In provided at its top with a rearwardly directed arm H with a depending cylindrical pivot lug l2. Parallel with the shaft and first arm is a second arm I4 integral with an intermediate portion of the post and terminating in a depending cylindrical pivot lug IS in vertical alignment with the lug [2.

Cast integral with the post 18 and with the adjacent portion of the shaft is an ornamental 50 guard plate I! for curtain rings slidable on the shaft disposed in a vertical plane and integral with the post and with the portion of the shaft adjacent the latter. The plate overhangs the shaft, with which its lower edge is parallel, and

55 is spaced therefrom, as at [8, to afford room for travel of the curtain rings upon the shaft. The hook 8 is purposed for the reception of the end ring of the ring series.

A cast bracket member 2| includes an attaching plate 22 with interspaced fiat arms 23 parallel with each other. The arms 23 are provided with openings 25 for the reception of the pivot lugs l2 and which are a sliding fit in the 5 openings, the arms II and I4 resting upon the arms 23. Perforations 26 in the plate 22 are for the reception of screws 21 for attaching the former to the casing 29 of a door-or window.

A supporting arm 5 in which the hook 8 is omitted from the rear extremity of the shaft 6 is shown in Figure 4, and possesses' some, but not all of the advantages of the construction shown in Figure 1. The construction which includes the hook 8 possesses the additional novel function of increasing the ring capacity of the shaft 6.

The presence of a plurality of bearing arms I4 with their depending pivot lugs furnish a maximum bearing area for arms and lugs; the interspaced relation of the arms distributes the strain upon the post l0; and the location of the arms above the horizontal plane of the shaft 6 insures a minimum of strain upon the bracket 2 I.

I claim:-

1. In a curtain support, a shaft, an upright post upon the shaft, an arm upon the upper portion of the post, a pivot lug upon the arm, a second arm upon an intermediate portion of the post, and a pivot lug upon the second arm.

2. In a curtain support, a shaft, an upright 30 post upon the shaft, an arm upon the upper portion of the post, a depending pivot lug upon the arm, a second arm upon an intermediate portion of the post, and a depending pivot lug upon the second arm.

3. In a curtain support, a shaft, an upright post upon the shaft, an arm in the vertical plane of the shaft upon the upper portion of the post,

a depending pivot lug upon the arm, a second arm in the vertical plane of the shaft upon an intermediate portion of the post, and. a depending pivot lug upon the second arm.

4. In a curtain support, a shaft, an upright post upon the rear portion of the shaft, a rearwardly directed arm upon the upper portion of the post, a pivot lug upon the arm, a second rearwardly directed arm upon an intermediate portion of the post, a pivot lug upon the second arm, and a forwardly directed guard plate supported by the post above the shaft and parallel therewith.

5. In a curtain support, a shaft, a hook upon the rear portion of the shaft, an upright post upon the shaft adjacent the hook, arms upon the post parallel with the shaft, and pivot lugs upon the arms.

CHARLES P. HENRY. 

